Audio cutting in and out, and device manager refreshing on Windows 11 Volume License ISO installation

Hey all,

I'm at my wits end and would appreciate any insight into an issue we've been having with Windows 11 and our Precision fleet.

We started migrating to Windows 11 last year and discovered pretty early on that when we installed Windows 11 (from the MS Volume License ISO) that the audio on our Precision laptops (and desktops) cuts in and out. During troubleshooting, we also noticed that device manager constantly refreshes. Event viewer shows the speakers being detected, over and over again. If we install from the DELL OEM image, there is no problem.

We tried all the usual steps of updating/removing/replacing drivers & firmware. Updating Windows. Running the Audio troubleshooter. Removing the audio device, and reinstalling. We can mitigate the problem by either a) uninstalling "wavesapo13de.inf" driver from the Audio Processing Objects b) or changing the Realtek Audio controller driver to a generic Microsoft HD Audio Device driver. Windows update reinstalls the Waves driver, bringing the problem back and depending on the system, the generic driver and wont start the Audio controller. The funny part is both of these drivers are present in the DELL OEM image, so I don't think it's a problem with them specifically but some other conflict. 

Unfortunately, DELL support has not been much help and keep telling me they don't support anything that isn't the DELL OEM image.

Any further suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

Thank you